Lamson hosted McLellin in Potsdam, New York, July 1835. [McLellin]

Lane, George (1784-1859), Methodist minister; born near Kingston, Ulster County, New York. In the summer of 1819 Lane attended the Genesee Conference at Vienna (later Phelps), Ontario County, New York, a convocation of more than a hundred ministers representing New York, Pennsylvania, and the Upper and Lower Canada District. At this conference Lane was appointed presiding elder of the Susquehanna District, where he served until July 1824, when he was appointed to preside over the Ontario District. This included the circuits of Lyons, Ontario, Seneca, and Canandaigua, the area of Smith family residence. [PJSv1]

Lane, Nathaniel, was a Universalist who hosted McLellin and spread word of an appointment in Braceville, Ohio, in Nov. 1831. [McLellin]

Lanterman, Peter, hosted an appointment in Austintown, Ohio, Dec. 17 [actually Dec. 18], 1831. [McLellin]

Lapham, Rhoda. See Harris, Rhoda Lapham

Law, William (1809-1892), merchant, miller, farmer; born in Tyrone County, Northern Ireland. Emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1818 and moved to Churchville, Peel County, Ontario, Canada, about 1832. Converted to Mormonism in 1836 by John Taylor. Led a company of Saints to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1839. Appointed a member of the First Presidency, 1841. Opposition to plural marriage led to his excommunication in 1844. Organized a church in opposition to Joseph Smith and published the Nauvoo Expositor. After his defection he lived in Iowa, Illinois, and Pennsylvania before moving to Shullsburg, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, where he died. [PJSv2]

Law, William. Son of Richard Law and Mary Wilson. Born 8 September 1809 in Tyrone County, Northern Ireland. Emigrated to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, 1818 with family. Studied in Pittsburg and Philadelphia. Moved to Churchville, Peel County, Ontario (Upper Canada), before 1833; there owned property. Married Jane Silverthorn about 1833. Eight children: Richard, Rebecca, Thomas, Helen, William, John, Wilson and Cys. Converted to Church 1836 by John Taylor and Almon W. Babbitt. Led company of Saints from Upper Canada to Nauvoo 1839, arriving early November. Possessed strong testimony of Church and Joseph Smith’s divine calling 1840-42. Appointed member of First Presidency by revelation 19 January 1841. Also appointed to travel to East with Hyrum Smith 19 January 1841. Initiated into Masonic Order 25 April 1842. Received endowment 4 May 1842. Left Nauvoo for East with Hyrum Smith 4 September 1842 to counter false statements of John C. Bennett and attend October conference of Church in Philadelphia. Returned to Nauvoo 4 November 1842. Owned steam-operated grain and saw mill in Nauvoo. Owned town lots in Nauvoo and sold merchandise. Opposed revelation on plural marriage in summer of 1843. Also opposed Prophet’s practice of plural marriage; finally resulted in apostasy and excommunication from the Church 18 April 1844. In April 1844 organized and presided over short-lived church. Printed Nauvoo Expositor 7 June 1844. Moved to Burlington, Iowa, June 1844. Settled at Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois by fall of 1844. Moved to Daviess County, Illinois by 1846. Returned to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, by 1850; there continued as merchant. Moved to Shullsburg, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, by 1870; there commenced practice of medicine. Died 12 January 1892 in Shullsburg, LaFayette County, Wisconsin. Buried in Shullsburg. [Cook]

Law, Wilson (1807-1877), farmer; born in Ireland. Brother of William Law. Elected member of the Nauvoo city council, 1841. Elected brigadier general in the Nauvoo Legion in 1841, and major general the following year. Married Elizabeth Sikes, 1842. Joined dissenters against Joseph Smith and was excommunicated in 1844. Counselor in his brother’s opposition church. Living in Delaware, Mercer County, Pennsylvania in 1850. [PJSv2]

Lawrence, Edward, residing in the 1830s in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, where he evidently died. [PJSv2]

Lawson, John (1805-1884), farmer, blacksmith; born at Argyle, Washington County, New York. Presided over the branch at Ramus, Hancock County, Illinois, 1841. In Utah he resided for a time at Manti, Sanpete County. Died at New Harmony, Washington County. [PJSv2]

Leal, Clark (1805-1845), born at Kortright, Delaware County, New York. Married Jane McClaughry, 1830. Moved to Fountain Green, Hancock County, Illinois in 1837. Died at Fountain Green. [PJSv2]

Lee, Jarvis, was ordained to the office of priest in Winchester, Indiana, by McLellin and Hyrum Smith in Oct. 1831. [McLellin]

Lessley hosted McLellin and Parley Pratt in or near Howard County, Missouri, Feb. 15, 1833. Three Lesleys are listed in Randolph County, which borders Howard County. [McLellin]

Lewis, Job, in his fifties, owned a tavern in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York in 1833. Wife’s name was Margaret. He apparently joined the Church in the early 1830s. Excommunicated for treating the Church with contempt in 1836. [PJSv1]

Lewis, Job, in his fifties, owned a tavern in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, in 1833. Wife’s name, Margaret. He apparently joined the Church in the early 1830s. Excommunicated for treating the Church with contempt in 1836. [PJSv2]

Lewis, Job, owned a tavern in Westfield, New York. Hosted a conference of the Church, May 1835. Joseph Smith stayed with him while recruiting men for Zion’s Camp in Mar. 1834. Married a woman named Margaret. Excommunicated in 1836. [McLellin]

Lewis, Joshua (1795-1835), among the early settlers of Jackson County, Missouri. He was converted to Mormonism by the Lamanite missionaries who came there in the fall of 1830. Died in Clay County, Missouri. [PJSv1]

Lewis, Joshua (1795-1835), was baptized in the winter of 1830-31. Hosted McLellin while he investigated the Church. Hosted the first conference in Zion while living in Jackson County, Missouri. A deathly ill John Murdock stayed with him and his family for two to three months in 1831. Sent to acquire a peace warrant for the Saints in 1833. Died in Clay County, Missouri, 1835. [McLellin]

Lewis, Lloyd L., converted to Mormonism in 1835 at Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, but left the Church later in the year. [PJSv2]

Lewis, Lloyd, was baptized in 1835 in Westfield, New York, and was ordained an elder on May 24, 1835. Left the Church by Nov. 1835. [McLellin]

Lewis, Lorenzo, ordained an elder by McLellin and Orson Hyde in May 1835. Traveled with them until he was sent with John Murdock to Springville, Pennsylvania, in May 1835. Excommunicated on Sept. 28, 1835. [McLellin]

Lewis, Lorenzo, probably joined the Latter-day Saints at Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, but left the Church in 1835. [PJSv2]

Lightner, Adam (1810-1885), cabinetmaker, merchant, hotelkeeper; born at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Living in Clay County, Missouri, in 1835, when he married Mary Elizabeth Rollins. Opened a store at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, 1837. Left Missouri during the Mormon expulsion of 1838-1839. Served a proselyting mission with Amasa Lyman in Tennessee in 1842. Afterward lived in Kentucky, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Migrated to Utah in 1863 and settled at Minersville, Beaver County, Utah, where he died. [PJSv2]

Liptrap, Sarah Jackson. See Jackson, Sarah

Littlefield, Waldo (1797-1879), born at Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York. Married Mercy Higgins, 1817. Joined Latter-day Saints, 1832. Participant in the march of Zion’s Camp, 1834. Resided with the Saints in Missouri and Illinois before crossing the plains to Utah. Died at Cannonville, Garfield County, Utah. [PJSv2]

Lommery, Eunice, was baptized by McLellin on June 22, 1835, in Lake Ontario near Pillow [Pillar] Point, New York. [McLellin]

Long, Martha. See Peck, Martha Long

Lott, Cornelius Peter (1798-1850), farmer, sheriff; born in New York City. Married Permelia Darrow, 1823. Living in Pennsylvania, 1824-1836. Manager of Joseph Smith farm near Nauvoo, Illinois, 1842. Commander of Joseph Smith’s bodyguard at Nauvoo. Crossed the plains with Mormon pioneers of 1847. Superintendent of the Church farm in Salt Lake Valley for a number of years. Died at Salt Lake City, Utah. [PJSv2]

Loud, Austin (1797-1852), builder, millright; born at Westhampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married Mehetable Bartlett, 1821. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1832, where he built a grist and sawmill where lumber for the Mormon temple was sawed. In 1836 moved to Huntsburg, Ohio, where he built a sawmill. Built churches at Montville and Ravenna, Ohio. Died at Huntsburg. [PJSv2]

Loveless, Widow, fed McLellin breakfast and hosted an appointment northeast of Ellicottville, New York, May 21, 1835. [McLellin]

Lowell, Susan (1804-1859), born at Buxton, Cumberland County, Maine. Converted to Mormonism in 1833. Married John F. Boynton in 1836. After leaving Kirtland, Ohio, she resided with her husband at Syracuse, New York and Saco, Maine. [PJSv2]

Lucas, Samuel D. (1799-1868), born in Washington County, Kentucky. One of the early settlers of Independence, Missouri, where he owned a store. Judge of Jackson County court, 1831. Major-general of the fourth division of Missouri militia. One of the organizers of the Independence masonic lodge, 1847. Married Myra Symington in 1850 after death of his first wife. Served as Jackson County clerk, 1842-1848. Held office continuously until 1865.             Lucas and David R. Atchison were commanding third and fourth division militia units during the Mormon conflict in Caldwell County, Missouri in October 1838, when Atchison was dismissed from his post. This left Lucas as the senior officer. Apparently unaware that Major-general John B. Clark (at the time proceeding toward the scene of action from Howard County with militia of his first division) had been named supreme commander of the forces operating against the Saints, Lucas presided at the Mormon surrender at Far West. [PJSv1]

Luff hosted appointments in Millcreek, New York, in June 1835. [McLellin]

Lutz, Albert (1810-1898), born at Upper Dublin, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Resided for a time in Philadelphia. Died at Garden City, Rich County, Utah. [PJSv2]

Lyman, Amasa M. (1813-1877), farmer; born at Lyman, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Joined Latter-day Saints and moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1832. Participant in march of Zion’s Camp, 1834. Married Maria Tanner, 1835. Although arrested with Joseph Smith at Far West, Missouri in 1838, he was not charged at the Richmond hearing. Appointed an apostle in 1842, a member of the First Presidency the following year, and the Council of Twelve, 1844. Arrived with pioneer company in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Assisted in colonization of, and presided over settlement at San Bernardino, California, 1851-57. President of European mission, 1860-62. Colonized Fillmore, Utah, 1863. Excommunicated in 1870 for teaching false doctrine. Died at Fillmore, Utah. [PJSv1]

Lyman, Amasa M. (1813-1877), farmer; born at Lyman, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Joined Latter-day Saints and moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1832. Participant in march of Zion’s Camp, 1834. Married Maria Tanner, 1835. Although arrested with Joseph Smith at Far West, Missouri, in 1838, he was not charged at the Richmond hearing. Appointed an apostle in 1842, a member of the First Presidency the following year, and the Council of Twelve, 1844. Arrived with pioneer company in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Assisted in colonization of and presided over settlement at San Bernardino, California, 1851-1857. President of European Mission, 1860-62. Moved to Fillmore, Utah, 1863. Excommunicated in 1870 for teaching false doctrine. Died at Fillmore. [PJSv2]

Lyman, Amasa Mason. Son of Boswell Lyman and Martha Mason. Born 30 March 1813 in Lyman, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Baptized 27 April 1832. Ordained elder by Joseph Smith in Hiram, Ohio, 23 August 1832. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, by summer of 1832. Mission in southern Ohio and Cable County, Virginia, with Zerubbabel Snow in fall of 1832. Appointed to travel east with William F. Cahoon on mission 12 March 1833. Ordained high priest 11 December 1833. Member of Zion’s Camp 1834. Married Maria Louisa Tanner 10 June 1835. Eight children: Matilda, Francis Marion, Ruth Adelia, Amasa Mason, Maria Louisa, Lelia Deseret, Love Josephine, and Agnes Hila. Ordained seventy about March 1835. Charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society 1837. Moved to Far West, Missouri, 1837. Arrested November 1838 for treason, and other charges. No conviction. Settled in Lee County, Iowa, in spring of 1840. Moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, 1841. Appointed to serve mission to New York City 7 October 1841. Initiated into Masonry 8 April 1842. Ordained apostle 20 August 1842, filling vacancy created by Orson Pratt’s excommunication. Elected regent for University of Nauvoo 20 August 1842. Mission to southern Illinois with George A. Smith September 1842. Returned to Nauvoo 4 October 1842. Directed to settle with family in Shockoquon, Henderson County, Illinois, late 1842; remained until summer of 1843. Appointed member of First Presidency 20 January 1843. Received endowment 28 September 1843. Mission with family to Alquina, Fayette County, Indiana, 1843-44. Member of Council of Fifty, probably as early as 11 April 1844. Appointed to campaign for Joseph Smith as President of United States April 1844. Returned to Alquina, Indiana, April 1844. Traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1844. Returned to Nauvoo 31 July 1844, after Prophet’s death. Sustained member of Quorum of Twelve 12 August 1844. Member of board of trustees of Seventy’s Library and Institute Association 1845. Sealed to Caroline Ely Partridge (born 1827 in Ohio) 6 September 1844. Five children: Martha Lydia, Frederick Rich, Annie, Walter Clisbee, and Harriet Jane. Sealed to Eliza Maria Partridge Smith for time 28 September 1844. Five children: Don Carlos, Platte Dealton, Carlie Eliza, Joseph Alvin, and Lucy Zina. Sealed to Cornelia Eliza Leavitt (born 1825 in Ohio) 14 November 1844. Two known children: Lorenzo and Henry Elias. Sealed to Dianitia Walker (born 1818 in Ohio) July 1845. No children. Sealed in Nauvoo Temple to Paulina Eliza Phelps (born 1827 in Illinois) 16 January 1846. Seven known children: Oscar Morris, Mason Roswell, Clark, Charles Rich, William Home, Solen Ezra, and Laura Paulina. Sealed in Nauvoo Temple to Priscilla Rebecca Turley (born 1829 in Upper Canada) 16 January 1846. Six known children: Theodore, Ira Depo, Isaac Newton, Albert Augustus, Stephen Alonzo, and Frances Priscilla. Sealed in Nauvoo Temple to Laura Reed (born 1829 in Ohio) 28 January 1846. No known children. Left Nauvoo for West 1846. Located in Winter Quarters. To Salt Lake Valley July 1847. Returned to Winter Quarters 1847. Appointed 8 April 1849 to travel to California with Orrin P. Rockwell to take consignment of mail to San Francisco. Left 20 April 1849. Returned to Salt Lake City about August 1849. Appointed to travel to California again September 1849 to present to California Constitutional Convention proposal that California and Deseret form one large state. Proposal rejected by California legislators. Explored possible sites for settlement in southern California 1850. Returned to Salt Lake City September 1850. Appointed 23 February 1851 to join with Charles C. Rich in leading company of Saints to San Bernardino, California. Left with company of 437 24 March 1851. Arrived in June 1851. Assisted in settling and presiding over Saints in San Bernardino 1851-57. Married Lydia Partridge 7 February 1853. Four known children: Edward Leo, Ida Evelyn, Frank Arthur, and Lydia Mae. Mission to Great Britain 1860. Left Salt Lake City 1 May 1860. Arrived in Liverpool 27 July 1860. Presided over European Mission with Charles C. Rich until 14 May 1862. Returned to Salt Lake City mid-September 1862. Appointed to settle Fillmore, Millard County, Utah, October 1862. Left for Fillmore mid-April 1863. Excommunicated 12 May 1870 for persisting in teaching unorthodox doctrine pertaining to atonement of Christ and for associating with Godbeites. Died in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah, 4 February 1877. [Cook]

Lyman, Azariah (1777-1857), farmer; born at Westhampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married Rhoda Rust, 1799. After her death in 1809 he married Sarah Bartlett, 1811. Exchanging his Massachusetts farm for land in the western wilderness, he became a pioneer settler of Geauga County, Ohio, in 1823. Jointly owned a sawmill, grist mill, and seventeen acres of land at Kirtland with Austin Loud. He died at Chester, Geauga County, Ohio. [PJSv2]

Lyman, Richard (1794-1861), born at Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Brother-in-law of patriarch John Smith. Married Catharine Lamson, 1815. [PJSv2]

Lyon, Aaron (1781-1839), probably born in New York. Died at Bear Creek, Hancock County, Illinois. [PJSv2]

Lyon, Winsor Palmer (1809-1849), army physician; born at Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. Married Sylvia Porter Sessions at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, in 1838. Officer in the Nauvoo Legion. Converted to Mormonism at Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846. Died at Iowa City, Iowa. [PJSv2]

Lyons, Eliza, was baptized on May 26, 1835, by Lyman Johnson in Hate, New York. Possibly the Sister Lyon that Almon Babbitt sent a letter by to President Young in Winter Quarters during Apr. 1847. Joseph Smith records that he visited her minutes after her infant died on Christmas Eve, 1842. [McLellin]